| Show I i i I i I I I I THE JARR FAMILY I II By ROY MCARDELL Ct bt ale me by th the I IVea Irest en thie Q Co Ca When Whon Mr Sir Jarr came home homo the theother theother theother other evening Mrs Jarr said In a pleasant voice Cousin Ellas Ella's daughter daugh daugh- ter MUd Mildred ed Is here She's Sho's grown to tobe tobe tobo be bo the sweetest girl you ever saw Don Dont Don't t you remember Just a year or ors orso orso s so ago she was a a 3 little girl Now she she's s a 3 grown up young lady Indy Pshaw replied Mr Jarr Jam only a child yet ct She's Just 16 Young lad lady indeed I was married when I was but a little over 17 said Mrs Jarr A girl If she is ia well grown is a young oung lad lady when she is 16 I was Mr 1 Jarr didn't dispute this What's tho the use Mrs Jarr had been over 17 when she married him considerably considerably consider consider- ably over mor but then thell its it's always the wa way with women to tell telI how young the they were when they married esne- esne If fr their children are growing up Well VeU said Mr Jarr it will be he quite quito pleasant sant to have havo young people peo pIe in the house Lot Let me see what young oung girl of or her age are do we wo know Girls cried Mrs Jarr Jamr in amazement amaze amaze- ment Do you think Mildred has come here to see a lot of or silly chits I guess she knows all the tho young girls sirls she wants to know If It you want to show tho the girl a good time timo when whon sho she Is hero here make some Barno of ot your bachelor friends come around some around some of the tho fellows follows fel fol- lows from tho office But answered Mr Jarr there are areno areno no young oung fellows s at the office At least there isn't ono one of ot Mildreds Mildred's age age age- except possibly the office bo boy Office Ottice boy echoed Mrs Jarr Who Vho wants any office boy Cant Can't you telephone to some substantial unmarried unmarried unmarried un un- married man you know to come como up and meet such a nice girl as Mildred who has lots of or mone money Of or course Mildred l hasn't lots of ot mone money but she has beautiful clothes Young men of today today today-I I dont don't know what is the matter matter mat mat- ter with them but them but they dont don't seem to take any interest in a nice girl unless the they think she has lias lots of or money I think rink such ideas are ble blo Let me see said Mr 1 Jarr ruminating rumi rumi- Oh yes es tangles tangle's got a nephew neph neph- ew visiting him hint or rather he is sto stop ping with the while he is to tak tat lug ing a n. course of engineering in the evening Hes He's a n very nice young fellow fel fel- fellow low of or about 22 and is ia anxious to get some position in the daytime no matter matter mat mat- ter how little it pays pas to help him through His people are arc quite poor and cant can't send him an any mone money Do Do you think that's that the sort c cf cv young man Mildred wants to meet moet meet 7 demanded Mrs Jarr sharp sharply The rue I very idea She knows enough young I men nett who are arc trying to get on in t the tUO world She ShA wants tn to rn meet moor t. t eone- eone ann body Lody who who- has has has' got t on i f In iii tho w world ci Are you helping the child set Bet a man trap when she's hardly through h playing laying with her dolls asked Mr Jarr arr nov liow silly you talk replied Mrs Irs Jan Jarr Mildred i has mS n no Idea ot of f getting get Set ting married after the examples she sher sees seea around 1 r r or of f unhaPPy marriages r But Dut i it ir she sue Is 11 to meet anybody S se might while as well meet somebody y worth Well Nell VeIl retorted Mr Ir Jarr only comparatively young OUn man I know who could support hc her in the tho style she so hopes to live in m. m n. n if It she bhe can cantu capture him is Jack Silver r. r But vain arS are the nets of ot the tho husband catcher spread ll in to the tho sight of Jack Silver li added udd cl Mr Jarr Jan solemnly Well get him yet yel he began an Mrs Irs Jarr but sho she corrected herself abut by say sa av Ing What nonsense nse you OU talk no lio wants to marr marry that selfish old bachelor bach Lach clor elor But Just the same he s n a charming man to meet socially an and Is so nice about taking a pretty prett i irl to theatres and automobile riding Yes he is a good fellow that wa way vay said Mr Jarr And wouldn't it he be benice nice to have haye a little party We could c invite the oldest of or the Grimley girls Irl too She's a 11 Jolly girl and vet very good looking Well invite no other girl Jirl while Mildred is here said Mrs Jarr de de- ely Girls are such cats If H they see HOC another one has made an impression im hn- on a desirable young man ronn 11 0 hey ey do o everything in their power to take lake him away from her Yon Von call all callup callup lup up Jack Jacl Silver and tell teIl him that if he het doesn't come conic up Ill I'll be ve mad at him t So Su Mr Jarr called up the well to do bachelor to meet the pretty young I relative and the redoubtable Mr SIlver Silver Sil SIl- ller ll- ll ver er came looking like liko ready money Mr Jarr planted himself in the parl parlor parlor par par- l lor r to give the young people the pleasure pleas pleas- ure of or his society H Here e you said Mrs Jarr callIng calling call call- Ing him out ont you OU go to your friend Gus' Gus and play your ur old pinochle Dont Don't you Ou see you are boring the young people peo people peo- peo pIe 1 And after atter Mr Jarr departed Mrs Jarr excused herself also Before any engagement the decks must be cleared cleare for action |
